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Wed, 29.10.03

AppForge Crossfire

AppForge, Inc. today announced a new product line called Crossfire. Crossfire is AppForge's mobile and wireless application development environment for Visual Studio .NET 2003 and the .NET Platform. With Crossfire, developers can write .NET platform-based applications quickly and distribute those applications on most of the leading mobile and wireless devices including Palm OS, Pocket PC, Symbian UIQ, and Nokia Series 60 powered PDAs and Smartphones. Read full press release @ AppForge.com.

Tue, 28.10.03

Nokia announces 7700 Media Phone

Nokia today announced their new Symbian OS based device that opens new Media range of products. The 7700 is based on Nokia's own, new Series 90 user inteface and features a 65,536 colors, 640x320 pixels touch sensitive screen. The device supports GPRS, HSCDS and EDGE as well as Bluetooth (both data and audio) connectivity.

The 7700 is equipped with FM radio, MP3 player and RealOne audio/video player for both local and streamed content. HTML/xHTML Opera browser with Flash 5 support takes advantage of the large screen and its fit-to-screen function prevents horizontal scrolling.

7700 is equipped with digital camera (VGA). You can organize your photos using the built-in Images application or send them via email (SMTP, POP3, IMAP4) or MMS. 7700 is also equipped with a range of PIM and Office applications, including Calendar and Contacts as well as Word, Sheet and Presentation Viewer.

The phone weighs 183 g and its dimensions are 165 cc, 133.7 x 79.5 x 21.5 mm. The screen is operated with a stylus, with on-screen keyboard, virtual keyboard and handwriting recognition for text input. 7700 offers up to 25 MB of internal user storage memory and comes with 64 MB MMC card (up to 128 MB supported). Standard battery (BP-5L, 1300 mAh) provides up to 4 hours of talk time and up to 11 days of standby.

More information, pictures and demonstrations are available @ Nokia.com. New, separate Series 90 section of My-Symbian.com providing detailed information and applications for the 7700 phone will be available soon. Commercial launch of the Nokia 7700 is scheduled for Q2 2004.

Mon, 20.10.03

Scalado joins Symbian Platinum Program

Scalado AB (www.scalado.com), today announced that it has joined the Symbian Platinum Program to support the emerging market for Symbian OS advanced mobile phones. As a Platinum Partner, Scalado is extending its mobile imaging solutions to the Symbian ecosystem. Symbian develops and licenses Symbian OS, the global industry standard operating system for advanced mobile phones, to the world’s leading handset manufacturers, that account for over 80 per cent of annual worldwide mobile phone sales.

Scalado offers a complete mobile imaging suite, Scalado Camera phone Application Platform Suite (CAPS), for handset manufacturers, network operators, and content providers who are interested in innovative imaging solutions that will enhance the imaging functionality in mobile devices as well as increasing ARPU.

CAPS includes functions for capturing, editing, presenting, saving, and sending imaging in one sole application on a mobile device. The user-friendly applications from Scalado are characterized by high functionality with low processing power requirements and advanced imaging processing with low memory requirements. By becoming a Symbian Platinum Partner, Scalado ensures the close integration of their solutions with smartphones based on Symbian OS providing simple and powerful imaging solutions for enterprises looking to deploy applications and deliver content to mobile devices.

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